Evening all!
I'm a father of three adorable children. As I've mentioned, I wouldn't trade them for anything. I mean not for anything. May it be so, that my seven year-marriage went wrong, but the good thing that I got from it was my kids. I would do anything for them. Truly. Fatherhood is a funny thing. It changes a man a lot. And in a positive way. You notice being responsible for another life, maybe for the rest of your life. And this has happened to me three times. Before I had kids, I needed only to take care of my own life. I sincerely recommend being part of the birth to every father out there. I've witnessed all of my children's births, and I can honestly say that they've been the most memorable moments of my life. I don't cry very often, but every time I shed a tear or two. Of joy. It's so great experience, when a new life is born into this world. I can say that you get a different relationship to a kid when you are there from the very first seconds of his/her life. Surely I don't have a different point of view to this, but a say it anyway. Feel free to argue.
I'm waiting very eagerly the release of Diablo III. As an old nerd I've been always interested of computer games, especially RPG's. I like the board role playing games also, that's me, geek. And MTG too, but it has been in the background for some time now. But Diablo III is worth waiting for. I've played the earlier parts through many times, and now my fingers are itching to do the same to this part too. It means sleepless nights and a total ruin of my social life, but what can you do?
I like to read a lot. Novels, non-fiction and lots of weird and strange stuff. In recent times, I've read mostly non-fiction, not so much novels. Surprise surprise, that these books have been about religion in a way or another. Maybe I should grab a good novel again, to put my mind at ease for a while, so to say. Do suggest me good books if you like. Suggestions are always welcome.
Update on giving up smoking: It's going well. Today I smoked one when I woke up, then couple at work. Nothing since. Even now I don't have a craving for a cigarette. Positive thing.
A little bit shortly today, but there will be more.
Danko Jones - I Love Living in the City
Of friendship and music
Here I go again...
I mentioned earlier, that I have more female contacts in my cell than male contacts. This brings us to the weird fact, that in some strange reason there's a lot of people still in this modern world who think that a man and a woman cant't be just friends. I most certainly don't belong to them, as you might have figured out. It's truly bizarre that this kind of thinking still exists. Of course to many women, this may be caused by the typical finnish men's attempts at the bar longing for sex, preferrably with a woman in hand. This doesn't mean that a man and a woman can't be just friends. For real. I, honestly am pretty pissed off when this thing comes up for example in a conversation with a person who is otherwise reasonable thinker. Wake up people and step into the modern world!
I state in my blog's header that I'm a metalhead. This is most certainly true, I like to listen this heavier stuff a lot. But my taste in music is not this narrow. It depends on my state of mind a lot, which disc i put on a my cd-player or what I blast off with Spotify. The range is wide: from Mylène Farmer to Armin van Buuren, Kate Bush to Neil Diamond, The Sweet to Goo Goo Dolls, Wagner and Bach to Die Ärzte and Coldplay to Kaija Koo. Just to name a few. The only genre that I really don't understand (I may be just stupid) is rap, finnish rap especially. I tried time and time again, with an open mind, listen to it. But I just don't get it. Well, maybe we all have a genre that won't open to us, no matter what you do. I like to listen to music live also. Ihave couple of gigs in the near future which I expect eagerly. Nov. 11. Katatonia, Nov. 22. Avenged Sevenfold, and as a crème de la crème: Dec. 15. Helloween + Stratovarius. Surely I go to other gigs too, but these were just those, to which I purchased my ticket as soon as they came into sale. Furthermore, I ponder about seeing Maiden live next summer. I've never seen those guys live.
My cutting back smoking starts tomorrow. The plan is: I only smoke at work, drunk and of course the first one in the morning. So if I'm not at work or drunk, I don't smoke. Except that one when I wake up in the morning. I shall report about it here, no worries. Get your fingers crossed for me.
But now, sweet dreams and see you soon.
Dokken - Dream Warriors
I mentioned earlier, that I have more female contacts in my cell than male contacts. This brings us to the weird fact, that in some strange reason there's a lot of people still in this modern world who think that a man and a woman cant't be just friends. I most certainly don't belong to them, as you might have figured out. It's truly bizarre that this kind of thinking still exists. Of course to many women, this may be caused by the typical finnish men's attempts at the bar longing for sex, preferrably with a woman in hand. This doesn't mean that a man and a woman can't be just friends. For real. I, honestly am pretty pissed off when this thing comes up for example in a conversation with a person who is otherwise reasonable thinker. Wake up people and step into the modern world!
I state in my blog's header that I'm a metalhead. This is most certainly true, I like to listen this heavier stuff a lot. But my taste in music is not this narrow. It depends on my state of mind a lot, which disc i put on a my cd-player or what I blast off with Spotify. The range is wide: from Mylène Farmer to Armin van Buuren, Kate Bush to Neil Diamond, The Sweet to Goo Goo Dolls, Wagner and Bach to Die Ärzte and Coldplay to Kaija Koo. Just to name a few. The only genre that I really don't understand (I may be just stupid) is rap, finnish rap especially. I tried time and time again, with an open mind, listen to it. But I just don't get it. Well, maybe we all have a genre that won't open to us, no matter what you do. I like to listen to music live also. Ihave couple of gigs in the near future which I expect eagerly. Nov. 11. Katatonia, Nov. 22. Avenged Sevenfold, and as a crème de la crème: Dec. 15. Helloween + Stratovarius. Surely I go to other gigs too, but these were just those, to which I purchased my ticket as soon as they came into sale. Furthermore, I ponder about seeing Maiden live next summer. I've never seen those guys live.
My cutting back smoking starts tomorrow. The plan is: I only smoke at work, drunk and of course the first one in the morning. So if I'm not at work or drunk, I don't smoke. Except that one when I wake up in the morning. I shall report about it here, no worries. Get your fingers crossed for me.
But now, sweet dreams and see you soon.
Dokken - Dream Warriors
We are all animals
Good morning my fellow humans!
I just dug up my dear old black covered booklet. I've scribbled down there my feelings and thoughts concerning this world for 10 years. It was pretty fun to read, although it had some sick text too. Well, now I write the same shit here in the wonderous world of the Interweb. Thanks for the positive feedback btw. my friends. I love you. It warms this old cynical heart to know that someone's interested about my tales.
Yesterday I spoke about literal interpretation of the Bible. Today i shall broaden my view to cover religiousness in general. That is, I've always been fascinated about human's relationship to something higher. Human is a religious animal. History shows us that we've always had a need to believe to some higher power. May this force be God, Satan, Krishna, Ukko, Odin, Jupiter or even money, science, whatever. It may be so that faith to some transcendence makes one feel safe, when the own strength in life is not enough. There are of course those, who claim not to believe to something higher. Atheists. Atheism is that way a funny phenomenon, that a person who claims not to believe in any kind of divinty, believes actually in most cases in something. Although he/she may not recognise this. Or one recognises him-/herself to be for example a humanist, nihilist, etc. I happen to know a couple of "atheists" who are in fact science worshippers, i.e. they belive that science is the answer to all questions in this world. If you manage somehow be totally free from all religiousness, one shall remember what the great author F.M. Dostoyevsky has once said: "A perfect atheist is on a second last step on his way to true faith." I personally do not know for sure what to believe in these days. I resigned from the State Church over two years ago and been exploring many religions since. I've come to notice the similarities between almost all religions in the world. The obvious exeption being Satanism. But when you read Anton Szandor LaVey's writings, on finds them surprisingly humane. Read for yourselves, if you don't believe me. As I said, I'm not sure what to believe in, but they can't make me an atheist, that's for sure. We'll see.
I happen to have a great family. My mum and dad are people, that I always look up to. I've done some shit in my life, but they've never ever judged me for those things. They are always supportive and genuenly conserned of my life. They are my safety net, I might say. Honestly. My sister and brother then... I've couldn't hope for better siblings. For real. I can always talk to them whatever is troubling me, or just have fun with them. We may not talk daily, but we are very close. And my own spawn then. I wouldn't trade them for anything! They are so adorable. Thanks for being part of my life all.
Buddies are a weird thing. I have lots of buddies but less real friends. With buddies you can chat on Facebook or live and of course go and have a pint. But that's that basically. A real friend is another deal. You can tell him/her anything and don't have to fear about being left standing in the rain with a hat full of shit in hand. And vice versa. I'm a funny one for a straight guy, in that way that I happen to have a lot more female buddies and friends than male ones. I do not know, what is the case here, but that's just me. This fact has caused some friction in my romantic relationships, but what can I do?
I've not given up smoking yet btw. But maybe someday soon. I propably must hang out with non-smoking people so it would be easier to cut back. We'll see.
Till next time!
Cradle of Filth - Forgive Me Father (I Have Sinned)
I just dug up my dear old black covered booklet. I've scribbled down there my feelings and thoughts concerning this world for 10 years. It was pretty fun to read, although it had some sick text too. Well, now I write the same shit here in the wonderous world of the Interweb. Thanks for the positive feedback btw. my friends. I love you. It warms this old cynical heart to know that someone's interested about my tales.
Yesterday I spoke about literal interpretation of the Bible. Today i shall broaden my view to cover religiousness in general. That is, I've always been fascinated about human's relationship to something higher. Human is a religious animal. History shows us that we've always had a need to believe to some higher power. May this force be God, Satan, Krishna, Ukko, Odin, Jupiter or even money, science, whatever. It may be so that faith to some transcendence makes one feel safe, when the own strength in life is not enough. There are of course those, who claim not to believe to something higher. Atheists. Atheism is that way a funny phenomenon, that a person who claims not to believe in any kind of divinty, believes actually in most cases in something. Although he/she may not recognise this. Or one recognises him-/herself to be for example a humanist, nihilist, etc. I happen to know a couple of "atheists" who are in fact science worshippers, i.e. they belive that science is the answer to all questions in this world. If you manage somehow be totally free from all religiousness, one shall remember what the great author F.M. Dostoyevsky has once said: "A perfect atheist is on a second last step on his way to true faith." I personally do not know for sure what to believe in these days. I resigned from the State Church over two years ago and been exploring many religions since. I've come to notice the similarities between almost all religions in the world. The obvious exeption being Satanism. But when you read Anton Szandor LaVey's writings, on finds them surprisingly humane. Read for yourselves, if you don't believe me. As I said, I'm not sure what to believe in, but they can't make me an atheist, that's for sure. We'll see.
I happen to have a great family. My mum and dad are people, that I always look up to. I've done some shit in my life, but they've never ever judged me for those things. They are always supportive and genuenly conserned of my life. They are my safety net, I might say. Honestly. My sister and brother then... I've couldn't hope for better siblings. For real. I can always talk to them whatever is troubling me, or just have fun with them. We may not talk daily, but we are very close. And my own spawn then. I wouldn't trade them for anything! They are so adorable. Thanks for being part of my life all.
Buddies are a weird thing. I have lots of buddies but less real friends. With buddies you can chat on Facebook or live and of course go and have a pint. But that's that basically. A real friend is another deal. You can tell him/her anything and don't have to fear about being left standing in the rain with a hat full of shit in hand. And vice versa. I'm a funny one for a straight guy, in that way that I happen to have a lot more female buddies and friends than male ones. I do not know, what is the case here, but that's just me. This fact has caused some friction in my romantic relationships, but what can I do?
I've not given up smoking yet btw. But maybe someday soon. I propably must hang out with non-smoking people so it would be easier to cut back. We'll see.
Till next time!
Cradle of Filth - Forgive Me Father (I Have Sinned)
Of customer service and the Bible
Hail, my merry followers! Here I am again, wondering about the strange strange world.
I'm work at a customer service mainly because I like to talk and interact with people of all sort.
Sometimes one wonders though, why the hell I'm doing this. The customer is known to be always right, but it doesn't prevent him/her for being stupid, a complete moron at the times. How hard it is really to remember some rules of courtesy and habits when you are face-to-face to a living, breathing human. It may be so that mother hasn't taught how to talk to people and how you behave around them to some individuals. Little words like "Thank you" and "You're welcome" should be easy to remember. But noooo. Well, you can't always get what you want, but it just makes a person behind the counter pissed. The other thing that gives me a headache is a unbelievable stupidity. For example a guy comes to our establishment 6:03 am (we have been open for three whole minutes) and buys a coffee and a bun. So he/she offers me a 500 eur bill. Argh! So you try very politely to explain that you can't give any change, at least not at this time a day. And the customer is having a dick in his/her forehead after hearing this and thinking "poor customer service". Stupid, I say.
Well, I just have to take a part to this recent gay-church-Päivi Räsänen arguing that we have here in Finland. It's same time funny and sad that one uses the Bible to prove a point of any kind. I admit that there is good advice in the Good Book like loving thy neighbour. But every time when someone begins quoting Leviticus 20:13 from the Old Testament, it just makes me see red. For those who don't know your Bible, the passage goes like this (English Standard Version): "If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have commited an abomination; they shall surely put to death; their blood is upon them." For real, wake up people! And some humans think honestly this way, so I've heard. Well, maybe it's time to take some more good advice from this great book. Leviticus 21:7 for expale speaking of priests: "They shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled, neither shall they marry a woman divorced from their husband, for the priest is holy to his God." This surely narrows down the possibilities for a priest to get married these days. Leviticus 25:45: "You may also buy from among the strangers who sojourn with you and their clans that are with you, who have been born in your land, and they may be your property." Now many of us will surely buy a slave who is an immigrant too. Leviticus 20:9: "For anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon him." So, death to practically all teenagers. Leviticus 19:19: "...nor shall you wear a garment or cloth made of two kinds of material." I think I don't personally own much clothing that is made just one material. Do you? Now someone devoted christian yells: "That is the Old Testament! The New Testament is another story." Well, you can find some "good advice" from there too: 1 Peter 3:7: "Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner..." Many wives surely appreciate this. Romans 14:2: "One person's faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose fatih is weak, eats only vegetables." Down with all vegans! And for the dog-owners: Revelations 22:15: "Outside are the dogs..." Dogs don't go to heaven. Here we have some really good advice also from the New Testament. A literal interpretation of the Bible is always dangerous and nothing good is ever going to come with that. I know many sensible christians who recognise this fact but one bad apple spoils a whole damn bunch. I mean by this the couple of people who happened to appear on the "Gay-night" on Finnish National television, and therefore spoiled the good reputation of christianity. I don't wonder at all that so many resigned from the Finnish State Church after that evening.
Well, I've said enough for today. There shall be more tomorrow. Behave.
I'm work at a customer service mainly because I like to talk and interact with people of all sort.
Sometimes one wonders though, why the hell I'm doing this. The customer is known to be always right, but it doesn't prevent him/her for being stupid, a complete moron at the times. How hard it is really to remember some rules of courtesy and habits when you are face-to-face to a living, breathing human. It may be so that mother hasn't taught how to talk to people and how you behave around them to some individuals. Little words like "Thank you" and "You're welcome" should be easy to remember. But noooo. Well, you can't always get what you want, but it just makes a person behind the counter pissed. The other thing that gives me a headache is a unbelievable stupidity. For example a guy comes to our establishment 6:03 am (we have been open for three whole minutes) and buys a coffee and a bun. So he/she offers me a 500 eur bill. Argh! So you try very politely to explain that you can't give any change, at least not at this time a day. And the customer is having a dick in his/her forehead after hearing this and thinking "poor customer service". Stupid, I say.
Well, I just have to take a part to this recent gay-church-Päivi Räsänen arguing that we have here in Finland. It's same time funny and sad that one uses the Bible to prove a point of any kind. I admit that there is good advice in the Good Book like loving thy neighbour. But every time when someone begins quoting Leviticus 20:13 from the Old Testament, it just makes me see red. For those who don't know your Bible, the passage goes like this (English Standard Version): "If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have commited an abomination; they shall surely put to death; their blood is upon them." For real, wake up people! And some humans think honestly this way, so I've heard. Well, maybe it's time to take some more good advice from this great book. Leviticus 21:7 for expale speaking of priests: "They shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled, neither shall they marry a woman divorced from their husband, for the priest is holy to his God." This surely narrows down the possibilities for a priest to get married these days. Leviticus 25:45: "You may also buy from among the strangers who sojourn with you and their clans that are with you, who have been born in your land, and they may be your property." Now many of us will surely buy a slave who is an immigrant too. Leviticus 20:9: "For anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon him." So, death to practically all teenagers. Leviticus 19:19: "...nor shall you wear a garment or cloth made of two kinds of material." I think I don't personally own much clothing that is made just one material. Do you? Now someone devoted christian yells: "That is the Old Testament! The New Testament is another story." Well, you can find some "good advice" from there too: 1 Peter 3:7: "Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner..." Many wives surely appreciate this. Romans 14:2: "One person's faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose fatih is weak, eats only vegetables." Down with all vegans! And for the dog-owners: Revelations 22:15: "Outside are the dogs..." Dogs don't go to heaven. Here we have some really good advice also from the New Testament. A literal interpretation of the Bible is always dangerous and nothing good is ever going to come with that. I know many sensible christians who recognise this fact but one bad apple spoils a whole damn bunch. I mean by this the couple of people who happened to appear on the "Gay-night" on Finnish National television, and therefore spoiled the good reputation of christianity. I don't wonder at all that so many resigned from the Finnish State Church after that evening.
Well, I've said enough for today. There shall be more tomorrow. Behave.
So the journey begins...
O life! My life doesn't suck at this moment, which is pretty rare to me actually. Usually, when life is good to me the gods decide, for some strange reason, pour a bucket of shit to my head. That phenomenon has not yet occurred, but I'm pretty sure that in some beautiful day that happens. That's just me, a pessimist basically.
Well, maybe I should introduce myself first to all of those who don't know me yet. I'm 31 years old male, who loves music, good beer and of course women. I have three kids and an ex-wife. There, in brief.
I just spent a whole weekend with my kids and we had a blast, as always. My children are funny that way that they like to listen the very same music as I do. Well at least when they are here with me. Today we listened Black Sabbath and old stuff by Amorphis. My youngest one made a proper Dio-like horns-sign with his fingers and jumped along with the music. We sure had fun.
Oh well, let's get serious then. I keep wondering the fact that we men are often referred as pigs, but no one ever recognices that women are pigs just as well. I talked about this thing with my female friend just yesterday and she agreed me completely. Maybe one of the reasons is that it's embarrasing to a man to see that he has made a poor character evaluation with a woman. And the typical finnish man is not in the same way open as may be his counterpart from a another culture. Women cheat, talk bullshit behind our backs, treat men badly, even use physical violence. Don't get me wrong, I do not hate women, vice versa. I love women. My point here is, that don't you women call men pigs if you are not ready to to see the fact that you are actually same kind of bastards. After all, we're all humans here.
I've decided to quit smoking. Again. For a hundredth time. It's just so stupid habit but so damn hard to get rid of. And it's fuckin' expensive too. Last time I tried to quit I made a complete stop. All away at once. Bad idea. This time i thought that maybe I gradually smoke less and less and then eventually reach the point where I could kiss the habit goodbye. We'll see what happens.
Well, maybe I should introduce myself first to all of those who don't know me yet. I'm 31 years old male, who loves music, good beer and of course women. I have three kids and an ex-wife. There, in brief.
I just spent a whole weekend with my kids and we had a blast, as always. My children are funny that way that they like to listen the very same music as I do. Well at least when they are here with me. Today we listened Black Sabbath and old stuff by Amorphis. My youngest one made a proper Dio-like horns-sign with his fingers and jumped along with the music. We sure had fun.
Oh well, let's get serious then. I keep wondering the fact that we men are often referred as pigs, but no one ever recognices that women are pigs just as well. I talked about this thing with my female friend just yesterday and she agreed me completely. Maybe one of the reasons is that it's embarrasing to a man to see that he has made a poor character evaluation with a woman. And the typical finnish man is not in the same way open as may be his counterpart from a another culture. Women cheat, talk bullshit behind our backs, treat men badly, even use physical violence. Don't get me wrong, I do not hate women, vice versa. I love women. My point here is, that don't you women call men pigs if you are not ready to to see the fact that you are actually same kind of bastards. After all, we're all humans here.
I've decided to quit smoking. Again. For a hundredth time. It's just so stupid habit but so damn hard to get rid of. And it's fuckin' expensive too. Last time I tried to quit I made a complete stop. All away at once. Bad idea. This time i thought that maybe I gradually smoke less and less and then eventually reach the point where I could kiss the habit goodbye. We'll see what happens.
